'Merger Monday' is back

Here is the latest M&A-related news outside our T&L industry:

-> “Chip-maker Analog poised to buy rival Maxim Integrated for more than $17 billion”

MarketWatch writes that the “all-stock deal could be finalised as soon as Monday.”

It added:

“Semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc. is in talks to buy rival Maxim Integrated Products Inc. for more than $17 billion in what would be one of the largest merger deals of the year, according to people familiar with the matter.

“Analog ADI, +0.20% and Maxim MXIM, -0.58% are discussing an all-stock ...